Fashionably LateFeatured review by: UG Team, on june 24, 2013 13 of 18 people found this review helpful

Sound: "White boy on the beat rocking Gucci sneaks. All I do is win Charlie Sheen."~Falling In Reverse, "Alone", 2013.

As musicians, we tend to value progression and experimentation. Flirting with new styles, trying new instruments, exploring new modes of expression - these are endeavours that further our art and must be welcomed, whatever the genre. We can all recall a few instances where these experiments have gone wrong, but that should not put anyone off trying. Nevada's Falling In Reverse tried; led by former Escape The Fate vocalist Ronnie Radke, they enjoyed considerable success with their 2011 debut "The Drug in Me Is You," combining American post-hardcore with shiny, auto-tuned pop. If you think that sounds like a bad idea then turn back now, because new album "Fashionably Late" takes it and pushes it to the absolute limits.

Opening track "Champion" starts as you might expect chugging metal riffs, angry barks and a processed poppy chorus. The heavy bits are hardly revolutionary but the hook, taken on face value, is relatively catchy. Then, at the half way mark, a mid-00s hip-hop beat enters the fold and Radke starts rapping. He gets through 200 words in 40 seconds, and before you can say "career change" there's a monotone breakdown, deathcore tempo drop and another serving of pop chorus to deal with. It's all rather disorienting, and the album continues in this fashion, throwing seemingly random styles together at will. "Rolling Stone" takes in Slipknot riffs, choir pads and a Skrillex-esque dubstep drop, "Self-Destruct Personality" combines auto-tuned rap with harmonized guitar leads and "Drifter" trades sugary synths for snare brushes and steel-string guitar, ending the album with a rousing country singalong.

There's a common theme here, and you might have guessed what it is already: it's all absolute trash. The hip-hop is dated, the metal is generic and One Direction would wince at how sickly some of the hooks are. The vocals, though versatile, are produced to the point of absurdity and auto-tune drips from every note. Very rarely do the band make a genuine attempt to merge two styles together, instead jumping from one to another and assuming that the listener is patient (or nave) enough to go along with it. // 2

Lyrics: Unfortunately, the lyrics are no less confusing. Take the title track, and this snippet from the chorus:

"I wanna be that guy that makes you sad,That makes you cry again,Without a doubt, sorry about f--king all your friends."

Two songs previously, Mr Radke was reflecting on why his girlfriend didn't really love him, bemused by her lack of interest and claiming to be a helpless victim of "the Bad Girls Club." The stupidity is truly unbelievable. Other topics include his "white boy swagger," girls liking his Facebook posts, being in rap since he was "sh-tting in Pampers" and, stepping out of character for a moment, how much he misses his mother, who abandoned him as a child.

When he drops the nauseatingly conceited rockstar persona he's actually very open, reflecting on deeply personal issues. The honesty of it makes the misogynistic nonsense elsewhere all the more bizarre. However, regardless of whether he's playing the womanizing sex god or the poor, traumatised boy, his words are extremely self-absorbed and lack any visible grounding in the real world. You do feel for him, but when the album's most emotional lyrics are found on "Drifter," the exceptionally tacked-on country and western ditty, it's a challenge to take them seriously. // 2

Overall Impression: Ever the zealot, Radke has been telling the press all about his excitement over this album, claiming it's the best he's ever made with Falling In Reverse or Escape The Fate and that people would "lose their minds" when they heard it. That is certainly one way of putting it. However misguided, you have to admire the band's passion and willingness to play exactly what they want to, when they want to. Unfortunately, the result in this case is an arrogant, incoherent, blathering mess with genre fusion that doesn't work. It's like mixing oil with water, except the water's been poisoned and the oil is fuelling a devastating war in the Middle East, where cities are terrorised by militant rule and chemical weapons mutate the faces of civilian children. This is an unmitigated disaster. // 3

Fashionably Late
Reviewed by:
naw2, on july 08, 2013 4 of 6 people found this review helpful

Sound: This is quite a tricky album to review without perhaps turning the whole thing into a personal attack on the lead vocalist and creative linchpin of Falling In ReverseRonnie Radke. In a sense you could say that you can definitely tell it's him and his band because they are distinctive and obvious if not particularly original. The problem therein lies with the songs and how they are written.
The idea behind this album appears to be something that applies to the lowest common denominator of all of the more popular styles of modern pop music. It is remarkable, how quickly a single song can go from sounding like a bad early 2000's rap track to a medicore 2006/2007 metalcore track and then change again to a poppy hook with more auto-tune than any of the flavour of the month pop artists around in this day and age and then on top of that add a thoroughly second rate Skrillex style dubstep drop.
It's just a bit too much. I enjoy bands that can pull off multiple genre's within their music and make it seamless and interesting sounding but the way it's been done here seem haphazard and almost as if they were pulling genre's out of a hat without any thought care and attention. // 4

Lyrics: Now this is much easier to write about. It seems Ronnie is very comfortable in his own skin and is happy writing lyrics in his own style. The problem is, and it is actually more prevalent on this album and either of his two other releases, is that he comes across as a juvenile little rich boy and not in that slightly amusing cute way that makes him in any way likeable.
Just one look at tracks like the lead single "Alone" and the title track "Fashionably Late" you get the impression of a guy that has got a decent level of success from his music and has suddenly disappeared in a vortex of his own ego. This becomes very obvious with mentioning social media websites like twitter in multiple songs gives the impression that this guy is just wired in a reality entirely of his own.
But the biggest problem by a mile is Ronnie's pure ability of vocalist. The problem is not that he is the worst vocalist in the history of world, he's not by any stretch. The problem is that he is trying so many different styles of vocals, from death-style growls and screaming grunts to poppy cleans and rapping that he does not at any point grasp the finer points of any of them. Like the rest of the musical passages it's a completely unorganized mess which is actually a bit of a shame. // 3

Overall Impression: Now this is something I am simultaneously looking forward to and dreading. Looking at each of the songs individually and see whether they successes of failures.
1. "Champion" - A hugely metalcore beginning. As far as I can tell it's nothing special in terms of the musical ideas but it is definitely solid in it's own right. The chorus goes for more of a dance vibe which again, while not original, is something that is not massively insulting on any level. The rapping section, the very first time you hear it takes you by surprise as it comes completely from left field. As does the following Death Metal-lite style breakdown that follows it. It's a sign of things to come for the rest of the album, but not in a good way.
2. "Bad Girls Club" - This song is grating, in every single way imaginable: the clich keyboard sounds, cookie cutter auto-tuned vocals, cringe-worthy spoken word sections and the fact that the rest of the instrumentals do not go in any sort of logical way with the idea of the rest of the song in terms of feel. I get what they were going for in terms of feel but it is perhaps one of the worst executed musical ideas since Lil Wayne tried to write a "Rock Album."
3. "Rolling Stone" - Now in all fairness this song does not start off too badly. It goes from a synth and vocal intro and until the second chorus finishes is progresses in a logical manner which gives some hope that this song could just about be passable unlike the ridiculous nature of the two songs that have preceded it. The rapping section as a middle 8 is not too bad but it's that dubstep drop that follows that makes no sense to me. It seemed unnecessary to place it there and then to not even settle on it to change it to another monotone metalcore breakdown. It's just frustrating that a song with a bit of potential was effectively destroyed by trying to do too much with it.
4. "Fashionably Late" - This title track seems to have one identity. That one catchy Post-Hardcore track with silly lyrics about being a bit of a promiscuous guy who keeps cheating on his girlfriend. It's probably the best song (I use the term "best song" generously) up to this point as it just keeps it relatively simple as a simple hook laden modern rock song. In all realistic terms though the song actually really dull.
5. "Alone" - I would argue that this song, the lead single, represents what is wrong with the album as a whole: dated sounding instrumentals of a ridiculously over the top of genre shifts, lyrics which make Ronnie like a petulant little kid, completely unoriginal melodic/ rhythmic ideas and in particular the last chorus which tries to go for a dramatic type of ending by trying to fuse 2 or 3 genre's at once which just makes it sound really, really messy. And the spoken words at the end make me feel like he wasn't taking the song at all seriously.
6. "Born to Lead" - With some more Thrash Metal style drums in this track, it's a bit of moshy one on the whole. The Chorus is a fairly effective way of slowing the pace down. But then all of a sudden they break into what I can only describe as DragonForce mode. It's not that the instrumentalists aren't up it. It's just a bit mad. Then the extended and increasingly ridiculous "beatdown" sections once again mean that too many cooks (on this case genre's) spoil the broth for what could have been a decent song.
7. "Over When It's Over" - The rapping in this song would perhaps work quite a lot better if there was a rapper who actually works on their craft full time rather this Ronnie's sort of half hearted almost "poserish" attempts. The Chorus is also really, really boring and just sounds like it could have come from any sort of stereotypical post-hardcore band trying to write a rubbish ballad.
8. "Game Over" - The game music inside the song is fairly amusing. Maybe this song was just meant to be a bit of an odd song which makes people laugh because it includes lots of classic video game sounds and then Ronnie even goes as far as to quote the Konami Code before the last chorus. It's a bit of a laugh, until it dawns on you how bad a song it actually is. Pity, almost a good mark for this album.
9. "Self Destruct Personality" - This song seriously sounds a bit like Atreyu from the mid 2000's. The emphasis on the lead guitar parts and the massive difference from the harsher vocals in the verse to the clean's in the chrous. The problem at this point it just sounds like an amalgamation of everything that has come from the album already, which makes me think that after while writing this mess of a record Ronnie ran out of ideas and started to regurgitate ideas in slightly different guises. And combining Screaming and rapping is ridiculous.
10. "F--k the Rest" - The title shows how I feel at this point about finishing this review but I digress. This song goes back to the major key jumpy idea that "Bad Girls Club" tried to implement. It perhaps works a bit better as at least all the parts of the song sound like they should be there. However the lyrics are ridiculous, the musical ideas, while decently arranged, sound tired and strained and the little lines about the song before someone sounds about as sincere as me saying that this song is at all original.
11. "Keep Holding On" - Well at least this pop ballad style track is somewhat inoffensive. It's a typical kind of rallying song about being an outcast in the world (although you can tell it's just another example of him stoking his own ego about his career). However I can say, perhaps because of the songs over the top cheese and the fact it keeps itself to itself I would have to say it could have been the least bad song on the album. Until they tried to fuse the ballad with a Metalcore breakdown. Which could have been interesting if it had it not just been a monotone guitar and bass job. Pity.
12. "Drifter" - Really? Country & Western? After the creative mess that has followed they ended the album they choose yet another direction to close. The song itself is actually fairly inoffensive. They gone for the most cliche possible lyrics with a cliche if modern sounding country track and it's all relatively harmless. At least the madness has finished.
If there was a song on the album that I had to say was not a totally ridiculous failure on almost every level it would perhaps have to be the slightly ridiculous "Born to Lead." I'm not saying it's the best thing but it is perhaps the only I would choose to listen to again after writing this.
I would say that this is very possibly one of the worst albums I've ever heard. The fact Ronnie Radke seems to be a guy who cares so little about what other people think about him should be a trait that more people could do better with showing. However he is so wrapped up in not caring what other people think he's caught up in a whirlwind created by his own ego and the evidence shows that with this album he felt that he could do whatever he wanted and people would lap it up.
It still remains to be seen with the album becomes an overall success but I think he might need pay attention to more than just his own head when it comes to the music he wants to release. // 3

Fashionably Late
Reviewed by:
xxSynxgxx, on july 08, 2013 2 of 4 people found this review helpful

Sound: Many people complain about the record and when they reference anything from it they only use the song "Alone" which really isn't a bad song. Its not great but its definitely not a band piece. After listening to the whole (deluxe version) album all the way through multiple times I can honestly say this is the best work they've produced. I was blown away, not saying the record is a perfect 10/10 because it most certainly isn't, but I was just amazed how they pulled off playing multiple different genre's and it still sounding good. Rock, Pop, Punk, Metal, Rap, etc every track was unique and very opaque. Guitar solo's on the standard edition of the record their was a lack of, however the deluxe edition adds 2 more solos so their's a total of 5 solo's on the record. The drums on the track were really awesome and creative considering the multitude of genres that took place on the record. The bassist on the record has some pretty cool moments example would be on born to lead right before Jacky's solo, pretty cool guitar and bass trade off lick. The rapping that going into it I thought would be horrible and kill the record was actually really interesting. Song's such as "Rolling Stone," "It's Over When It's Over," and "Self-Destruct Personality" showcase the talent Ronnie has at rapping and "scream-rapping" I don't know if their is a term for that but he does that in "Self-Destruct Personality." Their was also some sort of "nintendo-core" would be the best way to describe "Game Over" which was a really interesting track none the less. Song's like "Keep Holding On" and "Drifter" are really emotional tracks that touch on two different and deep subjects that really attracted me and they instantly became my two favorite tracks off the record. Both very slow and completely different sound/lyrics. // 7

Lyrics: When I say a majority I mean a MAJORITY of people that quote lyrics from the record use "Alone." For example from "Rolling Stone": "Don't get it twisted, ballistic, characteristics when I rap shit intricate visions of infinite wisdom empirical spiritual lyrical very cool synonyms" or from "Keep Holding On": "My head is floating somewhere in the clouds while I'm being paid to entertain a lively crowd, they sing my songs and feel my pain because pain is what create my fame a vicious cycle some day I'll get out" or from "It's Over When It's Over": "I wear my heart up on my sleeve so my souls exposed. And I carry this disease the weight of the holy ghost." Lyrically the album has some really clever literary device's all through it and you can't deny that it does. All the lyrics fit the sound of every song on the record. Depending on the person however Ronnie's vocals may either make you want to shoot yourself in the head (not literally of course) because its to whiny which is understandable I feel that way sometimes (not literally of course) when friends show me bands when the vocalist is singing so high I can't tell if its a guy or a girl and its to whiny or you'll think they're incredible and really unique. His singing is in the higher range as usual but occasionally it goes down to the lower notes. // 8

Overall Impression: Overall I'd say this record is easily a 7.5 personally it's a very easy to listen to record and is very catchy and attracts a wide variety of people which was most likely the intent of the record. Memorable tracks that will carry on throughout the bands career are definitely "Keep Holding On" (I know I've mentioned that track about 100000 times calm down) and "Born to Lead." The album has not one bad track their is some average tracks such as "Alone" and "Bad Girls Club" but their isn't a single bad track on the whole piece which isn't rare but is uncommon among today's bands. Even the "Rolling Stone (Shy Kid Remix)" isn't too bad its definitely a 4/10 track but that's just slightly below average not bad necessarily. One thing I hate which I really hope on the bands next effort they touch more on is guitar solo's because their was a lack of solo's and Jacky has such an incredible talent. I know most people will say "all he does is sweep..." but watch some of his guitar world videos. Not saying he is going to be the best guitar player of his generation but he's definitely got a lot of soloing talent they need to tap into. Overall from me a solid 7.5 it was a really well written record if you are actually listening to it and not just straight up hating on it because of the first single "Alone" and maybe the second single "Fashionably Late" (which sounds basically like situation's just a little more pop). If my copy was stolen/lost I would most certainly buy another copy when it would be convenient for me to do so. This band is really going to be blowing up over the next couple of years and it'll be interesting to see if they do something as drastic like this in the future or if they'll go back to their debut's style. Good day old sports. // 7

Fashionably Late
Reviewed by:
a7xb4d, on july 08, 2013 1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Sound: As a fan of Falling In Reverse from their last release "The Drug in Me Is You," I have to say that "Fashionably Late" was a bit of a shock. The sound is new compared to their previous style of a pop/metal mix, combining elements of hip hop, EDM, and at one point country into the mix. Overall, the sound isn't all that bad, save a few tracks like "Alone," "Bad Girls Club," and "Game Over." It's different, yes, but I wouldn't say it's different in a totally bad way. Frontman Ronnie Radke made it abundantly clear that he would not care what people thought of the band's new sound, and that certainly shows. "Fashionably Late" comes out as a very experimental, try-to-get-as-many-genres-in-as-we-can album. While a few tracks, like "Fashionably Late," "Rolling Stone," and "Born to Lead" seem to pull this idea off the majority seem a bit messy. So, while the sound experiments done on the album are neat in their idea, a lot just don't work. For another band, this might have come across as just something that didn't work. However, for a band like Falling In Reverse, it certainly lacks something that their last album had. // 6

Lyrics: Lyrics are what I saw as what really destroyed this album. Don't get me wrong, Ronnie Radke is a talented person who has set a precedent of writing some really good songs, but the overall feel of the lyrics on "Fashionably Late" is highly egotistical. "The Drug in Me Is You" had a similar vibe to it, but this album takes it a bit over the top. Falling In Reverse is bound to have some sense of narcissism to any song it produces, which is what draws a lot of people in to the band, but "Fashionably Late" takes it too far. The lyrics alternate between bragging about Radke's life and talking about how much his life sucks. It's very confusing, but despite the discrepancies between songs, a few like "It's Over When It's Over" show Radke's talent at song writing. However, songs like "Bad Girls Club" really hurt the album overall with their cheesy, over the top ego trip lyrics. Radke is a talented man with a lot of skill, he just needs to rein himself in every now and then so that it doesn't go to his head. // 4

Overall Impression: I feel like a lot of people went into this album expecting to hate it. For that reason, I didn't read any review before listening to it, and that proved to be a very good idea. Most of the reviews on this album just focus on the bad parts and give zero credit to the creativity behind the album. It was a risky move to experiment as much as Falling In Reverse did on "Fashionably Late," and I give them a lot of credit for doing it. However, to be honest it was a largely unsuccessful attempt with a few standout moments. "Rolling Stone," "Born To Lead," "It's Over When It's Over," and "Fashionably Late" are definitely a showcase of what Falling In Reverse can offer with this type of sound. While this album definitely doesn't top "The Drug in Me Is You," it presents itself as a very cool musical experiment. I'd say if you want something different, check it out. If you prefer to contain yourself to a specific sound, you're gonna hate this album. Either way, "Fashionably Late" will definitely be remembered by Falling In Reverse fans in the future, for better or for worse. // 5

LOL Close minded? Most bands try to stick to one genre because it works... This is a prim example of why they should. Pop and metal DON'T MIX. It does NOT MAKE SENSE. It's a crappy album. My sister loves them and I can't understand why. Gonna go listen to Havok and Hexen again brb

^I don't like the album (or the band, for that matter), but ragging on a band for experimentation is just stupid. "Most bands stick to one genre because it works"? The same style of song, 12 times on one CD, after releasing a few CD's, becomes incredibly dry and boring. That's how styles get over done and die out. Let musicians mix whatever "genres" of music they please, if the result doesn't turn out good- who cares? Don't listen to it. I'm sure someone else has mixed metal and pop efficiently.

It's not like it's hard, from what i've heard its 0 0 0 0 on Alone and a few random chords and sweeps in born to lead. But the money must be good for him to stay, or he somehow like Radke and can stomach the guys enormous ego

Well,I submitted my review through my smartphone, and for some reason it wasnt showing up under my profile under contributions, so I asked N-D and it shows no history of it. But whatever, I think this review is good enough. I just wouldve mentioned about The Drug In Me Is You, and how that album isnt even half as bad as this one is. That one actually had a few memorable guitar solos that were reminiscent to some 80's hair metal bands, while this is like Abandon All Ships making love to Hollywood Undead.

I just submitted a review that's an actual review. no offense to the reviewer but it seems as though your being incredibly bias'd and hating on it due to something other than sound. not to say the record is a 10/10 because it's not but it is full of really good literary device's among other things to be rated a low 2 or 3..

my user name has nothing to do with Synyster Gates, i was trying to make it singey because my hair got all screwed up from pyro's and looked singed for awhile so my gf last year when it was like that called me singey sometimes time i can understand the thinking its A7X though, but August burns red is decent like idk not my cup of tea, KSE is pretty good most of their work to me is a solid 7.5-8/10. but this stuff to me is more Rock/pop with a metal vibe on some songs its not metal and people think it is. but BFMV is actually a pretty decent band their not to bad lyrically its a little shakey but their not bad. hate to disappoint but im into stuff like rush, metallica, clapton, trivium, pantera, VH, etc. people have different tastes in music and thats understandable but to say this is crap and 2-3/10 is wrong.. like Sleeping with sirens 2-10 this is ten times better than that so if at the least a 4-5/10 would be the lowest this record should be at imo.

Drop C is one of the most used tunings in metalcore, all they way from As I Lay Dying to Threat Signal (both possibly better in a couple departments than ABR). Using vague key signatures references as means of music classifications is sort of absurd (no offense intended). There's a lot of misconceptions about guitar tunings :/

"Drop C is one of the most used tunings in metalcore"
That's the point. It's even all in the same key, never mind that they all use the same chord progressions. The point is that it all sounds the same.

Guitar tunings dont make music sound similar, and "chord progressions" aren't even a determining factor (axis of awesome have an awesome video about that topic that blew my mind). Metalcore does seem to have a "over saturation" that's common with any sub-genre. I could say all melodic death metal sounds the same or all improve jazz but thats just because they share core elements (thus the classification) there's great metalcore bands that dont deserve to be undermined just because of attack attack!

ok, Why is this editor so biased? AND WHY THE HELL DO YOU POST A BIAS ON WRONG LYRICS. the lyrics state "I DONT wanna be that guy, who makes you sad, makes you cry again." not that he DOES want to. ****ing *****. THis rview is slander and propaganda, I felt like I was lading a Russian progom flier.... this editor needs to stick to worshiping bland boing bands if he cant appreciate a fair decent review.

jeez...why bother writing a long comment trying to convince that this album is good when you know that most of UGers here hate these kind of "genre", you are wasting your time here. This is album is bad, and you should feel bad

It's not a waste of time if you like the original ETF, or FIR's album The Drug in Me is You, or catchy music. While Ronnie decided to try something new because he likes to try and be better at everything (although not) and it definitely isn't the most successful use of the combination (pop punk, electronic, and rap)- it is still a catchy and amusing album. Absolutely some of it is ridiculous and embarrassing, but it's so fun and it's just as outrageous as you would expect it to be.
The lyrics aren't as confusing as you profess or as vapid as you might claim them to be. They generally are about how he went down the wrong path, he's given that up and he's back, and he knows what he's supposed to do know; how FIR doesn't care what you think about them so it's fine if people talk shit; and the exception in this album is Bad Girls Club, which focuses on girls. To clarify, it is "I don't wanna be that guy."
Yes, it is amateur. Yes, it's ridiculous. No one said it wasn't, but that doesn't mean it's a bad album. Last thing, "because new album "Fashionably Late" takes it and pushes it to the absolute limits," exactly. That's Ronnie Radke for you, I'm sure that was his point.

Dont listen to anyonr reviewing this cd . One they are extremely biest and have no wider view on music they are like little kids stuck on one on what they whant and the cd is sick has been the most anticipated cd for me to here and if your gana bitch about alone u truely wernt a fan im the first place just like in the mettalica days ohhh they cut their hair they sold out .. To who and bands are here to make music and have it herdnot judged and bitch over couse a certin few dont like it . Just listen to cd then make your choice bdt you will even end up likeing alone the song u souly hage beacusd if you listen to it your fallower scenkid friends wont like u boo ****en whoo laters

I love the 12 year olds posting long comments trying to convince everyone else that this isgood. There is no redemption for the shameless lines the singer uses. He says something about twitter in that song Alone. If your gonna name drop a website s o kids will listen, by all means, but leaveme out

The lyrics are really shitty. But, personally I do like the energy and the uniqueness of it. at least they're innovating and having fun, but god knows that doesn't matter here on UG in terms of boy bands and pop.

Why is it that everyone who thinks it's bad is biased? And why can't any of you f*cking spell "biased"? Seriously, stop being butthurt idiots and accept that this is a bad album that people genuinely listened to and hated. Not because of bias, but because it's bad.

holy shit. I have never heard of this band before but they managed to combine the worst elements of every genre into one, I am in awe at how shit this is and I applaud them for this milestone! and the lyrics of that single, alone, the lyrics are brilliant: "ermegerd furk teh haters y dey h8 my shitty music on teh twitters? I haf teh cashz u no haz cashes so shut up!"

Hahaha, this is laughably bad, but still entertaining. TBH I wouldn't mind dancing to "Alone" at a club for a laugh, the chorus is pretty catchy, just the more 'metal' bits kinda kill it. And cmon, the second song has really funny lyrics, so many hilarious and quotable lines. I don't think that's what they were going for, but it was rather enjoyable to listen to in that respect. Not that i'd ever pay anything to listen to this crap seriously though.

I really enjoy this band. Their first album was awesome. This album really isn't as bad as everyone says. I mean, sure, there's some songs on here that could've been taken out and it'd be better, but looking at the album as a whole, it's not bad. I enjoy it.
There's some really creative elements and ideas in the music. And good job for the band doing what they want and not giving a damn what anyone else thinks. Not many bands do that today.
This is my OPINION. Not what I think everyone should believe.

I don't think this is the first time a band has mixed Metal, Pop and Hip-Hop. That pretty much neatly describes about 50% of all Nu-Metal bands. All these guys have done is translate Linkin Park into modern Metalsnore, which basically is the worst idea I could imagine.
Edit: Oh snap just read the end of the review: "It's like mixing oil with water, except the water's been poisoned and the oil is fuelling a devastating war in the Middle East, where cities are terrorised by militant rule and chemical weapons mutate the faces of civilian children. This is an unmitigated disaster."
Best review ever!

He got the lyrics completely wrong, making Ronnie Radke to be a bad person.. -.- When the lyrics actually ARE:
"I don't wanna be that guy, that makes you sad, that makes you cry again.
Without a doubt sorry about making out with your friends!"
Yes, "Alone" polarised fans and critics, but to base a judgement on one song's characteristics are appauling. Ronnie Radke is very honest and open about his issues in this album, rising up against rumours of domestic abuse, etc.
Sure, the album crosses many genres, but it works. It's hard to adjust to possibly, but I personally think songs like "Rolling Stone", and "It's Over When It's Over" really work.
Jacky Vincent shreds up the guitar, and even the bass is shown off, especially in the solo of "Born to Lead"..
And hey, we see Ronnie Radke has a heart in songs like "It's Over When It's Over" with lyrics such as:
"I've got my life laid out in front of me like roads drawn on the map
I've had so many times where I slipped off the beaten path
I took the time to see the picture and for what it's worth
I'd walk a thousand miles without my shoes to make it work
I swore to God that I'm never coming back. Kept my faith when I was clapped
Staring at the wall through a crack in the floor. And these metal doors, they've got me trapped
I gotta remind myself that my mind is strong so that I won't lose my head
I've got my demons that I fight with, every little thought in every breath
I wear my heart up on my sleeve so my soul's exposed
And I carry this disease, the weight of the holy ghost
God, can you hear me? God is missing
Take it back, take it back, my friend,
All the things that you said about the end
This is it, this is me telling you it ain't over til it's over
Give it up, give it up, my friend
The score is settled even if you won't admit
Set it down, final hour without a doubt, it's over when it's over"
But hey, just my opinion.

I think they're saying he's a bad person because he was arrested for, you know, killing someone and hitting his gf.
"Personal" lyrics are easy. The challenge is in writing good personal lyrics. These "personal" lyrics are full of clichs. Heard it all before; there's nothing about them that stands out.
Not gonna lie, I think this one deserves a higher score. Their finger is on the pulse of pop culture, but they just don't know what to do with all these ideas they have. They could be good. Maybe not classic, but enjoyable for what they are (see: Sleeping With Sirens). 5/10.

People having different musical tastes than me? HOW DARE THEY? I'm going to start an argument online to show them wrong!
Honestly, I don't care for Falling in Reverse, but if someone likes them, alright, good for them. I'll listen to what I like, and you can listen to what I like, and we'll all get along.

Its big, dumb and stupid. I do find it quite enjoyable to listen to, haven't managed to listen to it all the way through, its like nothing else out there really. But to try and take it seriously is absurd.

Probably wouldn't choose to listen to it again but I'm pretty sure that a lot of kids are gonna love it in a nightclub setting. Bouncy, shouty, meaningless fun (if that's your cup of tea). Catchy hooks and throw-away lyrics. A shiny veneer over a void.

It's great for bands to experiment with new styles, but this album was a total mess. It goes from metalcore to rap to post-hardcore to pop, and finally to country. I thought Alone was horrible, until I heard Bad Girls Club, that song makes me want to go out of my mind.

Truthfully I liked the album. I liked that he went out and risked something and he made it sound decent, not to bad or to good. Although i could do with out the rapping in it. The review said nothing about Jacky's solos which were really good.

This is definitely nowhere near the first album, but I don't think it deserves a two. There are some godawful songs on it ( specifically Alone and Bad Girls Club), but the majority of the album is kinda neat. Now, I'm not saying it's a great album or anything, but a two just seems a bit low. I think this will end up kinda like A7X's self-titled. Some will hate it, and some will think it's not the best but still alright. Hopefully they take this sound in a different direction on the next one, but I certainly think it has potential as a sound in itself.

Im a fan of this band and i can admit its not to the standard i thought it was going to be but some tracks are enjoyable. i agree majority of it is utter shit, like the rapping, lyrics and dubstep. Best track to me was "Born to Lead". I would of gave it a 5. You either love it or hate it.